Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1874 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Neuralgia Remedy.— Prepare horseradish by grating' and mixing In vinegar the flame as for thble purposes, and apply to the tefffpfle When the face or head is affected, or the Wrist when the pain is ia the arm or shoulder. *• Remedy fob Croup.— Half a teaspoonful of pnlyerized alum in a little molasses. It is a simple remedy, one almost always at hand, and one dose seldom fails to give relief. If it should, repeat it after one hour. — Rural New Yorker. , Lemon Tartlets— Rub a teacupful of sugar in lumps over the rind of a fresh lemon so as to absorb all the essential oil; squeeze the juice of the lemon over the sugar; crush it fine with a .sponge; add to it two eggs well beaten and two tablespoonfuls of sweet butteE; beat all together and bake in little patty-pans, lined with puff paste. Sugar Snaps. —One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, four cups of flour, one egg; stir sugar and butter to a cream; add the egg well beaten, and a small teaeupful of water with a quarter of a teacupful of soda dissolved in it; stir.half a spoonful of cream tartar into the flour; roll out very thin, and bake in a moderate oven. Flannel Rolls.—One cup of sweet milk, whites of two eggs, two-thirds of a cup of butter, flour to make a thick batter, one-half of a cup of yeast, two tablespoon fuls of sugar. Raise over night; add the butter and eggs in the morning; work in some flour, making a limber dough; form into rolls, and after the sficondffiising-bake. Apple Flap. —Prepare tart apple ready for stewing; sprinkle with sugar. Then lay over it a puff paste of one pint milk, one or two eggs, one heaping teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half,' teaspoonful of soda; flour enough to make stiff paste so as to drop from the spoon, enough water to stew the apples soft. Keep the pot covered tightly to prevent the contents being heavy. Shake it, not stir, to keep it from burning. A Nice Pudding Sauce.— Mix one cup sugar, four teaspoonfuls of corn starch and just cold water enough to dissolve thoroughly, then pour «n a cup of betting water and let it boil twenty minutes or half an hour. Then add' two tablespoonfuls of good cream. Flavor with currant, strawberry or raspberry juice. In making sauce if the flour and 'Sugar water boil a good while the sauce looks clearer and nicer; common white flour is just as good as corn starch. Use a little more water than the recipe, so as to allow for boiling away.